Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Chinese vegetables

10-31-2018 Wed. 


 DINNER ---  tofu and chive flowers | sauteed mustard green | simmered Chinese eggplant | rice 


Tuesday, October 30, 2018

pasta with sausage

10-30-2018 Tue. 


DINNER --- pasta with Hungarian sausage and roasted red pepper  | sauteed broccoli shoots 




  • sausage from Russian store 

Monday, October 29, 2018

layered scallop potato

10-29-2018 Mon. 


 DINNER ---  pan-fried scalloped potato and onion | stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu| rice 





  •  pink-skin potato is better for this dish 

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Georgetown preview of Halloween

10-28-2018 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  ( at Georgetown Austrian cafe )  coffee | sachetorte | German sausage and sour cabbage  
DINNER ---  short rib and burdock soup | Shanghai style wine soy braised short ribs | scrambled eggs with yellow chives | stir-fried carrots and burdock | black rye bread 














Saturday, October 27, 2018

three bonzini

10-27-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee |  Russian black bread | cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( for Inger and family)   guacamole | baked Japanese sweet potato fries || cocktails || butternut squash and apple soup | Russian black bread with eggplant relish | suateed cauliflowers and okra with Korean hot and sweet seasoning | baked bronzini | Russian honey cake and nut shell cookie with lemon custard | tea 


  • everyone ate well, all food finished 

Friday, October 26, 2018

three homemade pizza

10-26-2018 Fri. 


 DINNER ---  fried peanuts | fried lotus root | drink | homemade pizza 









  • mm is here 

Thursday, October 25, 2018

grilled Korean style short ribs

10-25-2018 Thu. 


 DINNER --- tofu and mushroom soup | grilled Korean style short ribs | spicy cabbage 





  • marinated for 2 days made all the difference 

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Lebanese food

10-24-2018 Wed. 


 DINNER --- ( at Arlington Lebanese restaurant )  Lebanese  food 





  • patricia's treat 

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

cauliflowers and pea leaves

10-23-2018 Tue. 


DINNER ---  curry cauliflowers | sauteed pea leaves | rice 





  • a good class 

Monday, October 22, 2018

eggplant relish

10-22-2018 Mon. 


DINNER ---  eggplant relish | steamed fish | sauteed green beans | rice 







  • today is another week 

Sunday, October 21, 2018

properly Italian

10-21-2018 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | homemade rye bread | cheese | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- guacamole |  spaghetti with manila clams  | zucchini fritters | wine 






  • superb fresh clams and zucchinis 

Saturday, October 20, 2018

a Japanese dinner at home

10-20-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese  | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  sushi | simmered Japanese squash | salad of parboiled Japanese bitter melon with pickled octopus | miso and tofu soup |  a mixed drink with Japanese sour plum and shiso 








  • what a treat 

Friday, October 19, 2018

frying and simmering

10-19-2018 Fri. 


DINNER --- pan fried lotus root | simmered eggplant with fermented fava beans sauce | simmered dumpling squash 




  • what's left by Friday 

Thursday, October 18, 2018

red meal

10-18-2018 Thu. 


DINNER ---  okra and tomato soup with beech mushroom | spicy cabbage | scrambled eggs with tomato | rice 




  • last bunch of field tomatoes 

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

duck confit

10-17-2018 Wed. 


DINNER ---  duck confit | sauteed bittermelon | French green lentils with minced vegetables 



  •  48 hour curing , 8 hour at 180 degree, in oil. 

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

pasta and marinated clams

10-16-2018 Tue. 


DINNER --- pasta with  marinated manila clams | Shanghai salsa | sauteed mustard greens 






Monday, October 15, 2018

stir-fry

10-15-2018 Mon. 


DINNER --- stir-fried cabbage with kimchi and chili | stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu | rice 




Sunday, October 14, 2018

homemade apple scone

10-14-2018 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade apple scone | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- marinated manila clams and sweet shrimp | pan-roasted green pepper stuffed with lamb and shallot |  baked Japanese sweet potato fries 






  • shellfish marinated in mixture of liquor, citrus and rice wine 

Saturday, October 13, 2018

after concert dinner

10-14-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- rum | sweet shrimp | crackers 
AFTER-CONCERT-DINNER --- pan-fried pomfret | roasted root vegetables | squash and apple soup 







  • variations 

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